Talk:Golden-crowned sparrow

A fact from Golden-crowned sparrow appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 August 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Golden-crowned Sparrow is an important destroyer of weed seeds on the Pacific coast of North America?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/August.

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Reader feedback: It would be nice if there was a map ...

FonsScientiae posted this comment on 17 July 2012 (view all feedback).

It would be nice if there was a map about the distribution and habitat of the bird. An audio sample of the bird's song would be excellent!

Any thoughts?

(This is a test of the new 'Discuss on talk page' feature, which is about to be enabled on enwiki, along with the updated AFT5 tool)

Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 16:24, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The new 'Discuss on talk page' feature is a bad idea. We have a template to respond to messages like this one called {{sofixit}}:

Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top.
The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). NicoPosner (talk) 00:46, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reader feedback: Show how this sparrow compares to other sparrows ...

98.210.230.160 posted this comment on 1 June 2012 (view all feedback).

This seems like an interesting suggestion from one of our readers. Do you think it would be worth it to add a paragraph about this?

Show how this sparrow compares to other sparrows in terms of size, as well as color and sounds. Use multimedia to make these comparisons quick and informative.

Just a thought,

Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 18:39, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top.
The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). NicoPosner (talk) 00:46, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reader feedback: A number of people have requested sounds.

Fabrice_Florin posted this comment on 3 March 2014 (view all feedback).

I would like to hear what the bird sounds like. Can you add some audio files?

Note: A lot of folks have requested sounds. Could we try to find a good audio file of the bird's characteristic call?

Any thoughts?

Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 19:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top.
The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). NicoPosner (talk) 05:28, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]